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thoughts but now his mind was shaken when Hanuman became a Sadhu.
In the Saudharma heaven Indra visualized by means of his extrasensory perception, the conflict that had arisen in the mind of Shri Ram and he felt stupefied. He began to think. "O Shri Ram is a charamashariri ! This is his last janma and he is making fun of Charitradharma. This is really amazing. He himself is going to adopt Sadhudharma. He is going to adopt the Charitradharma and he will attain moksha by destroying his karmas. When such is the case why is Shri Ram the very image of spiritual excellence making fun of Hanuman! Oh ! What a mockery of Karmas this is ! He is being shaken by his Karmas. Yes, I now remember it. The root-cause for this is his attachment for Lakshman. It is on account of that attachment that he is unable to think of renouncing the samsar. What a deep attachment exists between the two brothers ! It is indeed unique and unexampled".
Seeing that the Saudharma Indra was deeply absorbed in thought, the gods, who were present in his court, said.
“O you king of gods! What are you thinking of so deeply ? Has any problem arisen in your mind ?”
"O you gods and goddesses! I visualized Shri Ram's mind by means of my Avadhijnan (extrasensory perception). I have
ed the conflict that is raging in his mind and I have scrutinized it. I have found out that Shri Ram does not like Hanuman's action of adopting Charitradharma."
"Why ?"
“Shri Ram's attachment for Lakshman is preventing him from entertaining thoughts of renunciation. His extraordinary attachment for Lakshman is an impediment on his way. That attachment will not allow him to think of renunciation of samsar and it will not allow him to entertain any thought of renunciation".
"What an extraordinary kind of attachment!" the heavenly beings were astonished. Their wonder knew no bounds. There
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